We are early dinner people - mostly because the boys are in so many activities, we have to eat early to get to practices or games! We were ready when the restaurants opened at 6pm for dinner!
Get out all that energy waiting for dinner!
We loved these big egg pods! Don't know what they are called, but they were scattered all over the hotel grounds in different sizes for lounging and they were so much fun for the boys to hide out in!
Every lunch/dinner at the buffet, Brock would pick out a new fish to eat - watching them cook it right in front of him! One night, Kade wanted to join in and selected Blue Marlin as his first "real" fish to eat (besides fish sticks). We all tried it as it's not typically served in the USA - Brock said it best - it's like a tougher, stronger, king mackerel.
After dinner, we opted for the 7:30 family show - a magic show! The boys played a little corn hole while we waited for the show to start. (Also - not real grass - all turf) :)
Tried to get both boys to sit up front with the other kids, but only Kade was brave.
And wouldn't you know it - the magician selected Brent to accompany him on stage for an act! Brock and Kade looked both excited and terrified for their Dad! They weren't sure what he was going to do!
He was all smiles and enjoyed the spotlight!
The next day was a pool day! About three weeks prior to arriving, we reserved one of the Cabanas for the day for an added fee. Gorgeous view from the Cabana, front row seat to the action at the pool (the cabana sits a few inches above the the water actually!) and super relaxing under the shade!
I mean, this view!! :)
More pool and finally took a walk down to the beach! Powder white sand!
The boys were not impressed with all the seaweed. There was a "line" of it about 3 feet in and then a few floating around after that, but they wouldn't give it a chance to go farther.
Alas, back to the pool we went.
By mid-afternoon, the boys were getting a little too toasty, so we headed in for showers and down time. There was a big night ahead of us! The boys were eating early at the Sports bar (hot dogs and hamburgers) and we were going out for a date night!
They had to try out the punching bag while they waited for their food.
We hired a babysitter from the hotel to come to the room and watch the boys. It was.... interesting.
Brent took Spanish in high school & college and besides a few conversations with co-workers, he hasn't used it much. I was very impressed with his ability to carry on conversations with all the locals and when the babysitter sent us a text about the boys, he immediately spotted the word for blood - "sangre"! She messaged us "Children are fighting" [motto of the trip] and the rest in Spanish - Kade had a minor bloody nose. With a little help from Google translate to write how to respond, we helped settle the situation and the boys were "tranquilos".
We stayed out late talking by the bar and it was so nice to have a kid-free conversation! Actually, every night after the kids went off to bed, Brent and I met out on our patio with a night cap and talked.
Apparently didn't take a picture of our patio furniture, so posting one from the hotel site. It was sooo relaxing!
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